Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S EVENING, by ANNA C. CARRAHER


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LOVE'S EVENING, by                    
First Line: Love cannot always burn at noonday heat
Last Line: And wait, with you, the coming of the night.
Subject(s): Aging; Love - Marital; Memory; Youth; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love


Love cannot always burn at noonday heat,
The wild, sweet thrill that your first kiss awoke
Is mine no more; nor does the quick heartbeat,
The downcast eye, and flushing cheek mark me,
As when the first low words of love you spoke.

But since I know that to you I can turn
And be so sure that you will understand,
So quick to comfort me when grief's tears burn
My eyes, so tender when my heart is sore,
And glad when joy walks with me hand in hand.

I mourn not for the hour of Youth's springtime,
I have its mem'ry, golden-hued and bright,
Nor ask that greater blessing shall be mine
Than by your side to stand when my sun sinks,
And wait, with you, the coming of the night.





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